C-47
Skytrain
/ DC-3 Dakota.

The DC-3. Take a look at the legendary DC-3 - now in
service for nearly 70 years! You will meet the people who keep them running and
the pilots who fly them as you take part in the walk around; see engine
start-ups, taxiing, takeoffs and landings; and fly in the cockpit. Awesome DC-3
action, so strap yourself in and live the legend! 1 hr. 15 min.
00V8870

00V7400American Airlines Douglas DC-3 - DVD

Visit to Vancouver, BC.
This program follows the flight of a restored American Airlines DC-3 - which
was originally delivered to American Airlines in 1937 - to Vancouver
International Airport in September, 2007, showing you spectacular footage
from the flight deck, cabin and exterior from takeoff to landing as well as
amazing views of the scenic British Columbia coast. Widescreen, 1 hour.
00V7400

079074774X
Objective
Burma

Errol Flynn. Paratroopers in "43"
into Burma. The C-47s take them in and supplies them throughout the
movie....

Suggestion by Tom Esterly

amazone.com A paratroop captain (Errol Flynn) sets out with
a platoon to attack a Japanese outpost in the jungle. The Americans reach
their target, take out the enemy with almost balletic precision,
then gear up to return home. This feels like the point when a conventional
war movie would have reached its action-filled climax, but the journey
has only begun. Ahead lies one of the most arduous and agonizing adventures
any World War II film ever offered, brilliantly directed by that underrated
old master Raoul Walsh and photographed with almost tactile realism
by the great James Wong Howe.

The chief rap against
Objective, Burma! (of concern mainly to British observers) is that it
suggests that only U.S. forces contested the Japanese in the jungles of Burma.
(OK, so it's not the most accurate history lesson.) But that's small beer in
view of the movie's bone-chilling portrayal of pain, sacrifice, and endurance.
The jungle atmosphere is so persuasive, you'd swear it was shot on the actual
locations (though in fact Walsh effectively reworked many of the same situations
in Distant Drums, a sort-of Western about the Seminole War, six years
later). You'll never forget the terrifying last dark night on a mountainside--or
the crocodiles.... Flynn is excellent (he had given his best performance ever in
Walsh's Gentleman Jim three years earlier), and he's backed by a solid
cast including Henry Hull (as an aging war correspondent), James Brown, William
Prince, George Tobias, and Stephen Richards (soon to change his name to Mark
Stevens). Incidentally, two of the writers, Alvah Bessie and Lester Cole, were
later blacklisted; see if you can spot any Commie propaganda. --Richard T.
Jameson
10.00

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00V8033Mission
Vietnam

Running time 1:23 TAC in Action 1964 - A survey of the Tactical Air
Command, its aircraft and its mission. Footage of the F-84F, F-100D, F-104
and F-105 in firepower demonstrations. TAC counter-insurgency forces
also shown. Air Power in Action 1966: The U.S. Air Force in Vietnam - An
overview of the entire USAF mission in Vietnam with short clips of
each aircraft type and the role it played. Close air support, B-52
strikes, and Ranch Hand missions spraying a "harmless herbicide." The
Screaming Eagles in Vietnam 1967 - The arrival of the 101st Airborne Division
and its first year of operations. Includes helicopter operations,
ground fighting and close air support. United States Air Force: Combat
Photography 1968 - "COM-DOC", combat documentation of USAF operations in
Vietnam. 600th Photo Squadron flew in strike aircraft recording bombing,
strafing and napalm drops. Sequences on AC-47 Dragon gunships, and awesome
B-52 strikes.
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00V8067Thunder
Over Vietnam Running time 1:12 Three films of USAF missions over Vietnam. The 25
Hour Day - Story of the F-105. Depicts the Thud’s interdiction mission
cutting Viet Cong supply lines. Mission profile from briefing, bombing
up, aerial refueling, the mission, return.. and rescue by the Jolly
Green, only to begin again for the next round. Tactical Air Power - Demonstrations
of the latest striking power of the Tactical Air Command Weapons deliveries,
assault airlifts, close air support and photo-recon missions. F-105s,
F-111s... incredible low level footage. U.S. Air Forces in Vietnam - Portrait
of almost every aircraft that flew in Vietnam... B-57s, RF-4Cs, F-105s,
C-123s defoliating the jungles. O-1E’s sticking their necks out, and you
hear the air-to-air conversations, the horrible fury of the C-47
Spooky’s Gatling gun, plus C133s, C141s and more.00V8067

Philip West. Share your love of aviation history
with this set of ten beautiful Christmas cards featuring a C-47 Skytrain in
D-Day invasion stripes taking a break from the action on a cold winter
morning. Message inside reads, "With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New
Year." Measures a generous 8"x 4" and includes envelopes.
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